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How to play Abwärts on piano
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- D minor
- 4/4
- 135 BPM
- 2010
- Medium
Learn Abwärts in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – F – Am – Gm
Abwärts sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; F is F, A and C; Am is A, C and E; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmiFIIIAmvGmiv- DmD · F · A
- FF · A · C
- AmA · C · E
- GmG · Bb · D
- 2
Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rooftop rain
A chord, then one high note pattering again and again like rain. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 135 BPM
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
- 5
Ending: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
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Questions about Abwärts
What chords are in Abwärts?
The loop is Dm – F – Am – Gm (i – bIII – v – iv) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Abwärts in?
D minor, at about 135 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Abwärts?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Abwärts easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.